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Official: University of Leeds A101 (Gateway Year) 2026 Entry Applicants

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Reply 40

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by mnny8
I know for a fact they weigh achieved grades and UCAT 50/50 they’ve said so a lot of times also mentioned the fact that a high UCAT can compensate for “lower” GCSES and vise versa so ur good lol
hmmm hoping so bc they rejected someone with similar GCSEs and a UCAT of 2900 last year🥲. They seem to be very gcse focused so if you have many 8 and 9s ur good, the narrative that it’s 50/50 UCAT and grades seems to be wrong tho

Reply 41

Interviews should be coming out this week, after seeing when the first interview invites were sent on this forum in 2024+2025. Good luck everybody, hope you get the interview!
(edited 1 month ago)

Reply 42

Just got rejected from Leeds gateway to medicine

Reply 43

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by Raxxxx
Just got rejected from Leeds gateway to medicine


what stats did u get

Reply 44

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by mnny8
I know for a fact they weigh achieved grades and UCAT 50/50 they’ve said so a lot of times also mentioned the fact that a high UCAT can compensate for “lower” GCSES and vise versa so ur good lol

Not true, the 50-50 split. They seem to weigh GCSEs much more than UCAT. I personally think they rank by GCSE and only accept certain percentiles for UCAT (in effect using UCAT as a cutoff). But, they are opaque (which is horrible, they should be transparent), so this is all speculation.

Reply 45

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by Bendis
Not true, the 50-50 split. They seem to weigh GCSEs much more than UCAT. I personally think they rank by GCSE and only accept certain percentiles for UCAT (in effect using UCAT as a cutoff). But, they are opaque (which is horrible, they should be transparent), so this is all speculation.


I agree with this as saw (think last year) they rejected someone with a whopping ucat but looked like they didnt like their gcses.

This also seems likely as the admissions officer on open day said they add numerical gcses up and then rank

Reply 46

Has anyone had an interview offer from Leeds yet?

Reply 47

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by Rose_Blyton
Has anyone had an interview offer from Leeds yet?


Few on reditt

Reply 48

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by Alexanderlouis
Few on reditt


did you?

Reply 49

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by mohammad26n
did you?


Nothing. You?

Reply 50

Interview invite just arrived

Reply 51

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by Alexanderlouis
Interview invite just arrived


that’s sick!! what’s ur stats again

Reply 52

I just got my interview offer at 16:12 today.

Reply 53

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by mohammad26n
that’s sick!! what’s ur stats again


1820 b2. 99888888 top 8 gcse. Achieved grades

Reply 54

Nice one. Have you heard back from any of the other unis you applied to?

Reply 55

interview invite 2150 ucat 99988888 BBB achieved Icl guys i’m struggling for interview prep tho can anyone help me out lol?

Reply 56

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by Alexanderlouis
Interview invite just arrived


Are you a contextual candidate if you don’t mind me asking?

Reply 57

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by Chakku1
Are you a contextual candidate if you don’t mind me asking?


Yes. But you needed to be for the gateway 6y programme so you could apply

Reply 58

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by Alexanderlouis
Yes. But you needed to be for the gateway 6y programme so you could apply


Ok. Thank you.Best wishes.

Reply 59

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by mohammad26n
Bro those are crazy stats no way u get rejected

Thx bro. I got an interview offer yesterday! Did you get any word from them?

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